X-RSSOwl

X-RSSOwl is a software application which provides users with a simple means of managing and reading their RSS and Atom feeds.

Since this is the portable version of RSSOwl, it means you can easily bypass the installation process. As a result, the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to suffer any changes, and no leftovers will remain on the drive after its removal.

In addition to that, you can copy the program files to a USB thumb drive and thus, run it on the fly, on any computer you come in contact with and take it everywhere with you.

The well-organized interface comes bundled with a long list of feeds you can take advantage of, while you can also import feeds from an OMPL or XML file, or you can save all feeds matching a specified topic. In addition to that, you can also manually add feeds and news bins, while export is possible to a HTML file extension.

It is possible to mark news as read or unread, as well as assign them labels and share them with friends and family members through your Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn and MySpace account, and the list goes on.

News can be filtered according to your specifications, add-ons are supported and you can easily download additional languages from the developers’ website.

The CPU and memory usage is minimal at all times and thus, the system’s performance is not going to be hampered. The interface is suitable to both beginners and highly experienced people, extensive Help contents are incorporated, the response time is good and there are sufficient options to keep you busy for quite a while.

Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say X-RSSOwl is a pretty reliable and handy piece of software when it comes to managing RSS and Atom feeds.